The 12CO/13CO ratio in turbulent molecular clouds
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1365-2966,0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu2013